Coming Attractions

New Joy Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence Won’t Back Down

It’s hard to think of a modern director who seems more inspired by a single actress, and more inclined to hand her the juiciest imaginable roles, than David O. Russell and his work with Jennifer Lawrence. The pair’s latest collaboration, Joy, which debuts a new trailer above, is yet another opportunity for Lawrence to stretch her legs, this time playing a woman (inspired in part by Miracle Mop inventor Joy Mangano) who crafts a business dynasty out of nothing.

This new trailer is a little less heavy on the seemingly surreal elements than the first trailer was but has many more “You go, J.Law!” moments—just look at the way she shuts down whoever it is trying to speak on her business’s behalf. There’s also more of Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper here, though both men seem to realize that this is the Lawrence show, and they’re as much in awe of her as the rest of us are.

Slideshow: See How Much Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Lawrence, And More Look Like The Real People They Played This Year

AMERICAN HUSTLE: Christian Bale/Melvin Weinberg

Though he’s playing a character named Irving Rosenfeld, Bale met several times with Weinberg, the real-life inspiration for his character, before production began on American Hustle. The actor ultimately improvised lines based on what he learned from the convicted con artist.

Photo: Right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

AMERICAN HUSTLE: Jeremy Renner/Angelo Errichetti

Renner plays a lightly fictionalized version of Errichetti, whose name was changed to Carmine Polito. The real deal served as the mayor of Camden with a fantastic late-70s hairdo.

Photo: Left, from Bettmann/Corbis; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

AMERICAN HUSTLE: Bradley Cooper/Anthony Amoroso

Cooper was the one who decided that his character, renamed Richie DiMaso, should curl his hair every night, a flourish that lessens his resemblance to real-life F.B.I. agent Amoroso.

Photo: Left, from CSPAN; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

AMERICAN HUSTLE: Jennifer Lawrence/Marie Weinberg

Lawrence’s character Rosalyn may beAmerican Hustle’s biggest departure from reality—the real Melvin Weinberg’s wife was much closer to his age, and eventually committed suicide years after the events shown in the film.

Photo: Right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

INSIDE LLWEYN DAVIS: Oscar Isaac/Dave Van Ronk

Dave Van Ronk is only a loose inspiration for Oscar Isaac's titular character, but comparing the cover of Inside Dave Van Ronk to the poster for Inside Llewyn Davis makes the connection obvious. It's not the looks that matter so much as the spirit of a Greenwich Village folk singer who never makes it as big as Bob Dylan.

PHILOMENA: Judi Dench/Philomena Lee

The real Philomena—still alive and still fiery—doesn't look much at all like Judi Dench, but that's no problem; Dench is perfectly convincing as a deeply Catholic Irish woman on a search for her long-lost son.

AMERICAN HUSTLE: Christian Bale/Melvin Weinberg

Though he’s playing a character named Irving Rosenfeld, Bale met several times with Weinberg, the real-life inspiration for his character, before production began on American Hustle. The actor ultimately improvised lines based on what he learned from the convicted con artist.

Right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

AMERICAN HUSTLE: Jeremy Renner/Angelo Errichetti

Renner plays a lightly fictionalized version of Errichetti, whose name was changed to Carmine Polito. The real deal served as the mayor of Camden with a fantastic late-70s hairdo.

Left, from Bettmann/Corbis; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

AMERICAN HUSTLE: Bradley Cooper/Anthony Amoroso

Cooper was the one who decided that his character, renamed Richie DiMaso, should curl his hair every night, a flourish that lessens his resemblance to real-life F.B.I. agent Amoroso.

Left, from CSPAN; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

AMERICAN HUSTLE: Jennifer Lawrence/Marie Weinberg

Lawrence’s character Rosalyn may beAmerican Hustle’s biggest departure from reality—the real Melvin Weinberg’s wife was much closer to his age, and eventually committed suicide years after the events shown in the film.

Right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET: Leonardo DiCaprio/Jordan Belfort

The real Jordan Belfort puts in a cameo at the end of The Wolf of Wall Street, highlighting just how physically different he is from Leonardo DiCaprio (though the hair, we admit, is spot-on).

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Tom Hanks/Captain Phillips

Hanks grew a beard and took on a New England accent to play Phillips, the heroic captain of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama. The physical resemblance is strong, but it’s Hanks's signature everyman quality that really holds the movie together.

TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE: Chiwetel Ejiofor/Solomon Northup

There are only drawings to suggest what Solomon Northup looked like, which means that Ejiofor’s face will likely become the most iconic version of Northup, who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in antebellum Louisiana and then wrote a memoir about the experience.

Right, courtesy of FOX Searchlight Pictures.

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB: Matthew McConaughey/Ron Woodroof

McConaughey lost 50 pounds to play H.I.V. patient Woodrooff, who started a “buyers club” to smuggle AIDS treatment medication across the border from Mexico. Embodying Woodroof’s Texas charm, meanwhile, came naturally.

SAVING MR. BANKS: Emma Thompson/P.L. Travers

P.L. Travers, the author of the Mary Poppins books, is far less iconic than Walt Disney, which gave Thompson more leeway than her co-star Tom Hanks. Thompson nails the hair and the frumpy clothes, but can't completely hide her beauty, especially with that killer red lipstick.

Schwartzman and Novak are more fresh-faced than the real Sherman brothers, who wrote the songs for Mary Poppins, but they perfectly capture the geeky enthusiasm of two songwriting dynamos who knew they were on the verge of making something great.

Left, from Photofest; right, courtesy of Disney.

MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM: Idris Elba/Nelson Mandela

Elba does not naturally resemble the late Mandela, but the makeup team behind the film did a pretty great job of getting him there. In the scene in the film that recreates this iconic shot of Mandela leaving prison, Elba is virtually unrecognizable as the man who played Stringer Bell on The Wire.

RUSH: Olivia Wilde/Suzy Miller

The real Miller, married briefly to James Hunt and then to Richard Burton, was a famous model, but Wilde may be even more beautiful than her real-life counterpart.

Left, from Getty Images; right, courtesy of Universal Pictures.

FRUITVALE STATION: Michael B. Jordan/Oscar Grant

Oscar Grant III became nationally famous after his death at the hands of San Francisco transit police in 2009. Jordan,a veteran child actor, had just the right combination of experience and anonymity to slip seamlessly into the role.

Left, From the Los Angeles County Superior Court/AP Images; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

FRUITVALE STATION: Octavia Spencer/Wanda Johnson

Spencer looks passably like Johnson, the mother of the real Oscar Grant and an active participant in the making of Fruitvale Station. What matters more onscreen, though, is Spencer's convincing evocation of a mother's grief.

Left, by Nick Ut/AP Images; right, courtesy of The Weinstein Company.

INSIDE LLWEYN DAVIS: Oscar Isaac/Dave Van Ronk

Dave Van Ronk is only a loose inspiration for Oscar Isaac's titular character, but comparing the cover of Inside Dave Van Ronk to the poster for Inside Llewyn Davis makes the connection obvious. It's not the looks that matter so much as the spirit of a Greenwich Village folk singer who never makes it as big as Bob Dylan.

PHILOMENA: Judi Dench/Philomena Lee

The real Philomena—still alive and still fiery—doesn't look much at all like Judi Dench, but that's no problem; Dench is perfectly convincing as a deeply Catholic Irish woman on a search for her long-lost son.